School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research IV, Campus Ring 1,
Jacobs University Bremen, June 04, 2015

“RussianArt: Changing Perceptions”

RussianArt and Culture Group
Second Graduate Workshop

Language: English

The second graduate workshop of the RussianArt and Culture Group aims
to take a cross-epochal perspective at the changes in the perception ofRussianArt in an international context from the early 19th century
until today. The two major questions we wish to explore are: “How isRussianart perceived and for what reasons?” and “How do Russianartists want to be seen and what instruments do they use to achieve
their goals?” Papers might explore the following topics:

The theory and practice of object display has a long history, from cathedral crypts and early modern cabinets of curiosities to nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, universal exhibitions, theme parks, chambers of horror, and department stores. Historians, curators, artists, entrepreneurs, and designers engage in complex experiential, pedagogical, and technological challenges involved in the design of environments for education, entertainment, and consumption. This panel explores evolving practices of presentation and display including but not limited to exhibition, retail and interior design, historical house museums, period rooms, and art installations. Seeking to chart a history of display design, we invite papers that examine the cross-fertilization of ideas and practices related to the display of objects in different historical contexts and spatial layouts. What does the history and theory of presentation and display teach us about the design of interior environments, and what emergent trends might shape the future of display?

Proposals due to session chairs by May 8, 2015

Anca I. Lasc, Pratt Institute; and Paula Lupkin, University of North Texas